Why All the Talk of Impending Doom?

Today IS the last day of 2012.  We have been blogging now for over 4 1/2 years on all sorts of topics that relate to what the Bible tells us to "Watch!" for. 

Over this time many have asked me, "Dennis, why do you have to write about all the gloom and doom going on in the world?  Why not focus on all the good stuff going on?"

Good question.

Let's start with the some facts.  Jesus, Paul, Peter AND the OT prophets all pointed to the Last Days as being a time of intense violence, war, famine, plagues, pestilence and natural calamities.  Gloom and doom things, no doubt.

Had they instead said something like, "In the Last Days before the Messiah returns, people will be lovers of each other, governments will be ruling with their citizen's best interests at hand, food will be plentiful, wars will be a thing of the past, and all the world's main religions will be worshipping the one true Christ....then Jesus will come back and set up His earthly kingdom".....then CERTAINLY WE WOULD BE BLOGGING ON DIFFERENT EVENTS.

Paul tells us in Philippians 3:

¹⁸ For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹ Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. ²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Wow!  Yes folks, it's true!  This world is NOT OUR HOME!  We are citizens of another place!

Why are all these bad things happening?  Because Satan is the Prince of this Earth and God, in his mercy, is clearly showing everyone that this  Satan-led-earth is clearly coming apart!  He wants everyone to see that the folly of men will lead to disaster, as it ALWAYS DOES!

Some folks, especially in America, are totally in love with this place.  We have so much wealth and luxury that we aren't so sure that this place isn't really our home.  We love being citizens of the USA...A place where we can buy anything we have ever needed or ever wanted by going into one of the thousands of malls that are scattered all over the country.

So just MAYBE, God is going to tear it all down and expose this place for what it truly is....a worship center of Mammon, the god of wealth and materialism.

If Americans were forced to live like the billions of other folks on planet earth, scrounging for food, a clean place to sleep, in fear for our safety, in poor health, persecuted for our faith....might MILLIONS of us actually start turning to The Lord for our joy and salvation?  Might millions of us actually start meaning it when we say, "Come Lord Jesus!"

So yes, I admit that it actually excites me a little bit to read the numerous articles about all the catastrophes, disasters and fiscal cliffs that seem to come our way on an almost daily basis.  Because I know that with every new disaster, we are one step closer to our blessed hope of hearing our Lord say, "Come up here!"

And after that shout, in the twinkling of an eye, we will be transformed into our glorious new bodies and will finally get to see the Country that we are citizens of.

Maranatha!